Associates Advocates

Location: Westlands Nairobi

Employment Type: Full Time Job

Experience - 2-5 years

Duties/Responsibilities

• Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts and ensuring they are duly executed;
• Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare agreements for sale, completion documents (where necessary) and ensure proper registration of documents;
• Draft legal opinions and maintain the database;
• Conduct legal research on various areas of law as may be assigned by the Partners;
• Oversee filing and maintenance of intellectual property applications and registrations;
• Assist with due diligence and other intellectual property issues related to contracts, agreements and other transactional matters;
• Effect the legal formation of entities including organizational documents and take further action as required by law;
• Provide legal advice on commercial and corporate transactions; and
• Ability to prepare security documents and ensure they are properly executed and properly registered. Litigation
• Participate in initial client interview and obtain all relevant information and documentation;
• Conduct legal research relating to pleading and motion preparation;
• Ability to negotiate settlements for clients and draft settlement agreements;
• Attend and conduct hearings at all levels of the court structure;
• Draft legal opinions and maintain legal opinion database;
• Updating clients on their matters on a timely basis;